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" THE FIRST means that nature provides for us to distinguish between good and evil, in laws as in everything else, is our own good judgment. Paul confirms this when he says “I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say” (1 Cor. 10:15), or when he says later “Judge ye in yourselves. Is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled?” (1 Cor. 11:13). Our Savior Himself required that the Jews exercise this faculty (Luke 12:56, 57), and Scripture commends the Bereans for it (Acts 17:11). Whatever we do, if our own secret judgment does not consent to it, the same is sin, even if it be permissible, and therefore St. Paul says, “Let each man be fully assured in his own mind” (Rom. 14:5). "

― , The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity In Modern English, Vol. 1

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quote : THE FIRST means that nature provides for us to distinguish between good and evil, in laws as in everything else, is our own good judgment. Paul confirms this when he says “I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say” (1 Cor. 10:15), or when he says later “Judge ye in yourselves. Is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled?” (1 Cor. 11:13). Our Savior Himself required that the Jews exercise this faculty (Luke 12:56, 57), and Scripture commends the Bereans for it (Acts 17:11). Whatever we do, if our own secret judgment does not consent to it, the same is sin, even if it be permissible, and therefore St. Paul says, “Let each man be fully assured in his own mind” (Rom. 14:5).
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